180º (One eighty)
Half rotation of the deck and rider.
Watch video360º (Three sixty)
Full rotation of the deck and rider. Many riders call the three sixty simply a “three”.
Watch videoAirwalk
The rider’s legs are kicked out in a scissor-kick motion and then reversed while in the air. When done correctly it looks like the rider is walking in the air.
Watch videoBackside Boardslide
The rider turns his back towards the rail and grinds with the middle of the deck.
Watch videoBarspin
Rotation of the handlebar around its own axis.
Watch videoBartwist
The rider spins the handlebars one rotation while gripping them with one hand.
Watch videoBenihana
The rider takes their back foot off and grabs the back of the deck.
Watch videoBoneless
Like a bunny hop, but one foot pushes off the ground to spin the scooter into the air. Or simply, an air initiated by a foot plant.
Watch videoBriflip
The rotation of the scooter around its vertical axis. The handlebar is the center of the rotation – both hands remain on the handlebar.
Watch videoBunnyhop
A simple jump with both feet remaining on the deck.
Watch videoCondor Air
The rider grabs the front wheel with both hands.
Watch videoCoping
Metal pipe at the edge of quarterpipes, grind boxes, and other skate park obstacles.
Deck
The plate on which the feet stand.
Disaster
The rider turns 180 degrees and lands with the deck facing transition on the coping.
Watch videoExtension
Some half pipes have an extension, an elevated section that provides additional momentum at the beginning of the ride.
Feeble Grind
The front wheel rides along the top of the grind surface.
Watch videoFingerwhip
A tail whip where the deck is being moved with the fingers.
Watch videoFlair
A backflip that is combined with a 180° while jumping out of a quarter pipe.
Watch videoFlat Bottom
The transition in modern half pipes is divided into two halves and connected by a horizontal section called the flat bottom.
Foot Jam
The rider wedges their front foot between the fork and deck to balance on the front wheel.
Watch videoFootplant
The rider jumps, out of a quarter pipe, for example, and braces himself with one leg on the coping. The other foot remains on the deck.
Watch videoFootplant Tailwhip
After a footplant a tail whip is done during takeoff.
Watch videoFront Scooterflip
The deck is turned backwards so that it makes a loop. One hand is taken off the handlebar.
Watch videoFront Wheel Grab
The front wheel is grasped during the jump.
Watch videoFullwhip
The rider does both a tailwhip and a barspin at the same time.
Halfpipe
A construction made out of concrete, wood, metal, or snow with the shape of a pipe cut in half lengthwise.
Heelwhip
The deck is rotated one full spin in the opposite direction of a tailwhip.
Watch videoHip
Two quarterpipes placed at a 90 degree angle.
Hurricane
The rider grinds in a board slide and turns the deck in reverse.
Watch videoLipslide
The rider brings the backwheel of the scooter over the rail to enter the grind.
Watch videoManual
A trick where the rider only rides on the back wheel.
Watch videoNo Footer
A jump where the feet do not touch the deck.
Watch videoNo Hander
The hands are taken off the handlebar during the jump.
Watch videoNo-Foot-Can-Can
Both legs are moved to one side of the scooter during the jump and put back on the deck during the landing.
Watch videoNose Blunt
The rider turns 180 degrees over coping and lands with the coping between the front wheel and deck.
Watch videoNothing
Both hands and feet are taken off the scooter during the jump.
Watch videoOne Foot Manual (or Hang 5 Manual)
A manual with only one foot on the back of the deck.
One Footer
A jump with only one foot on the deck.
Watch videoQuarterpipe
A curved ramp that continues until near vertical.
Roll-In
A variation of the extension with a round transition between table (the deck) and vert.
Rotorwhip
The rider does a tailwhip in one direction and a barspin in another at the same time.
Scooter fakie
The rider kicks the deck 180 degrees and lands with the deck in reverse.
Watch videoSmith Grind
The back wheel rides along the top of the grind surface.
Watch videoSpine
Two quarterpipes placed back to back with a narrow gap.
Superman
While mid-jump, the rider takes their feet off of the scooter and extends their arms in front of them. The rider’s body forms a straight line at the apex of the trick.
Watch videoSuperman Grab
With this trick a tail grab is done during Superman.
Watch videoTable (or the Deck)
Flat platform from which a rider rides into the half pipe.
Table Top
The deck is pushed outward with the foot during the jump so that the scooter is at a 90° angle to the body.
Watch videoTail tap
The rider stands on the back wheel during this trick – without riding.
Watch videoTailgrab
The back of the deck is held with the hand during the jump.
Watch videoTailwhip
Entire rotation of the deck around its own axis.
Watch videoTransition
This describes the half circle of the half pipe (with a radius of about 3 m) and leads to the vertical vert located above it.
Vert
The vertical portion of the ramp that sits above the quarter pipe and is lined at the top by the coping.
X-Up
The rider turns their bars 180 degrees and crosses their arms.
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